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If you’d like to get notifications, <a href="https://twitter.com/opennews">Twitter</a> and <a href="http://eepurl.com/czSVTL">our newsletter</a> are great ways to stay up-to-date. <ul class="bloglist"> <li> <a href="/blog/erika-farewell/">Update on leadership of OpenNews</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2024-09-17 10:00:00 +0000">2024-09-17 10:00:00 +0000</abbr> After twelve years at OpenNews, Co-Director Erika Owens leaves the staff team. <a href="/blog/erika-farewell/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/looking-back-2023/">Looking back at 2023&colon; We spent this year creating opportunity</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2023-12-13 08:00:00 +0000">2023-12-13 08:00:00 +0000</abbr> Our programs and events help people share projects, explore ideas, build skills and, just as importantly, build connections with others that support them in that work. Here's how we did that this year. <a href="/blog/looking-back-2023/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/srccon-2023-looking-ahead/">How we connected at SRCCON 2023, and what we're carrying into next year</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2023-11-15 08:00:00 +0000">2023-11-15 08:00:00 +0000</abbr> When we get together with care and intention, the relationships that emerge help us start to see possibilities for a better future. <a href="/blog/srccon-2023-looking-ahead/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/giving-at-srccon-2023/">How we can give to each other as a community at SRCCON 2023</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2023-10-12 08:00:00 +0000">2023-10-12 08:00:00 +0000</abbr> SRCCON is a beginning of our work as a community, not a culmination. Here's more about what's going into our time together in Minneapolis this year, and how this community is already giving to each other at SRCCON 2023. <a href="/blog/giving-at-srccon-2023/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/open-letter-press-forward/">Open letter urging Press Forward to ensure equitable distribution of resources to underrepresented voices in local news</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2023-09-20 08:00:00 +0000">2023-09-20 08:00:00 +0000</abbr> OpenNews has joined a coalition of journalism organizations calling on funders of the Press Forward Initiative to explicitly prioritize equity in their investments. <a href="/blog/open-letter-press-forward/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/welcome-co-directors/">Peer leadership as an organizing principle, as Jessica Morrison & John Hernandez join OpenNews</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2023-08-29 08:00:00 +0000">2023-08-29 08:00:00 +0000</abbr> Please help us welcome our new team of co-directors. <a href="/blog/welcome-co-directors/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/hiring-co-director-more/">More on the Co-Director position</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2023-05-10 12:00:00 +0000">2023-05-10 12:00:00 +0000</abbr> We've got answers to some of your questions about this new position with OpenNews. <a href="/blog/hiring-co-director-more/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/opennews-hiring-co-director/">OpenNews is hiring: Co-director</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2023-04-19 14:30:00 +0000">2023-04-19 14:30:00 +0000</abbr> We're looking for another generalist to join our small team. <a href="/blog/opennews-hiring-co-director/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/opennews-at-nicar/">Relationship building at NICAR 2023</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2023-02-28 14:30:00 +0000">2023-02-28 14:30:00 +0000</abbr> With hundreds of news nerds gathering in Nashville, we want to help make it easy to deepen relationships with each other. <a href="/blog/opennews-at-nicar/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/2022-year-end/">Collective support that shows up: Reflecting on 2022 and "looking beyond"</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2022-12-20 14:30:00 +0000">2022-12-20 14:30:00 +0000</abbr> Looking back on a year of care and connection. <a href="/blog/2022-year-end/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/survey-first-look/">A celebration of the relationships and actions that move the news nerd community</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2022-12-14 14:30:00 +0000">2022-12-14 14:30:00 +0000</abbr> The first highlights from the latest News Nerd Survey tell us about how our community has been working together to support each other, some shifts in its configuration and where to take more action. <a href="/blog/survey-first-look/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/sisi-says-goodbye/">Stepping into values-first leadership, in a new way</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2022-08-02 14:30:00 +0000">2022-08-02 14:30:00 +0000</abbr> Sisi Wei will leave OpenNews to carry forward her change making work as editor-in-chief at The Markup. <a href="/blog/sisi-says-goodbye/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/news-nerd-survey-2022/">OpenNews surveys the journalism landscape, future</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2022-07-06 12:00:00 +0000">2022-07-06 12:00:00 +0000</abbr> After a few quiet years, we’ve brought this community survey back to gather new data on how the field of journalism is evolving, as well as who makes up the news nerd community and other groups served by OpenNews. <a href="/blog/news-nerd-survey-2022/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/open-letter-to-pulitzers/">Open Letter to Pulitzer Prize Awards</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2022-04-22 12:00:00 +0000">2022-04-22 12:00:00 +0000</abbr> We asked the prize committee to add one requirement starting in 2024: In order to be eligible for a Pulitzer Prize, a news organization must publicly share data about staff demographics. <a href="/blog/open-letter-to-pulitzers/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/dei-coalition-year-2-taking-action/">DEI Coalition Year 2: Taking Action (Sign up and join!)</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2022-03-22 13:30:00 +0000">2022-03-22 13:30:00 +0000</abbr> If you want to be a part of a joyful process to create real, systemic change in the journalism industry, I can’t wait to welcome you to join, or deepen your work, with the DEI Coalition this year. <a href="/blog/dei-coalition-year-2-taking-action/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/scholarships-2022/">Helping you strengthen your network and skills through the OpenNews Scholarships+ program</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2022-01-26 15:00:00 +0000">2022-01-26 15:00:00 +0000</abbr> If you're a journalist who works with data or code, our scholarships can help you pay for programs that advance your career and develop your support network. The first round of applications for this year opens January 31, 2022. <a href="/blog/scholarships-2022/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/year-end-power-2021/">What we did together in 2021: Understanding our collective power and ways to wield it</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2021-12-21 15:00:00 +0000">2021-12-21 15:00:00 +0000</abbr> Journalists, with tech skills especially, hold a tremendous amount of power, and through OpenNews and other change-focused networks, we’re constructing a shared understanding of how to wield that power. <a href="/blog/year-end-power-2021/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/gwen-ifill-sisi-wei/">Congrats, Sisi, on the IWMF’S 2021 Gwen Ifill award!</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2021-10-07 11:20:00 +0000">2021-10-07 11:20:00 +0000</abbr> OpenNews co-executive director Sisi Wei is the 2021 recipient of IWMF’s Gwen Ifill award for her innovative approach to advancing diversity, equity and inclusion in journalism through strengthening communities and data journalism. <a href="/blog/gwen-ifill-sisi-wei/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/10-year-anniversary/">Celebrating 10 years of reshaping journalism for the better</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2021-07-14 17:00:00 +0000">2021-07-14 17:00:00 +0000</abbr> OpenNews is officially 10 years old! <a href="/blog/10-year-anniversary/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/announcing-co-executive-directors-and-director-of-network-development/">Announcing our Co-Executive Directors and Director of Network Development</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2021-05-11 15:00:00 +0000">2021-05-11 15:00:00 +0000</abbr> At OpenNews, we’ve always been a values-driven team that dreams big. That’s why we’re so excited to announce two big changes to OpenNews today. <a href="/blog/announcing-co-executive-directors-and-director-of-network-development/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/vision25-5-ways-get-involved/">Vision25&colon; 5 ways to get involved in the movement for racial equity in newsrooms</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2021-03-02 10:00:00 +0000">2021-03-02 10:00:00 +0000</abbr> The past few months, we have worked behind the scenes scheming (the good kind) and strategizing new efforts through our Vision25 collaboration. <a href="/blog/vision25-5-ways-get-involved/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/speaker-rider-process/">We created a speaker rider because journalism didn’t have one</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2021-01-27 14:00:00 +0000">2021-01-27 14:00:00 +0000</abbr> Organizers, speakers, and attendees need to all work together to make events more inclusive. <a href="/blog/speaker-rider-process/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/year-end-change-2020/">What we did together in 2020: setting "the bar for how to be wonderful, gracious, thoughtful change agents in journalism"</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2020-12-21 20:00:00 +0000">2020-12-21 20:00:00 +0000</abbr> In a challenging time, we built a lot with passion and love this year. <a href="/blog/year-end-change-2020/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/in-solidarity-with-public-media-for-all/">In support of Public Media For All</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2020-11-11 14:00:00 +0000">2020-11-11 14:00:00 +0000</abbr> Transcript of Sisi Wei's talk at the Public Media For All Nov. 10 day of action and education. <a href="/blog/in-solidarity-with-public-media-for-all/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/less-alone-srccon/">Feeling less alone during an isolating time - SRCCON in 2020</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2020-10-21 14:00:00 +0000">2020-10-21 14:00:00 +0000</abbr> We'll gather virtually in mid-December to dream and support one another through the end of 2020. <a href="/blog/less-alone-srccon/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/moving-far-beyond-diversity-how-vision25-came-together/">Moving far beyond “diversity” and pushing directly for social change</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2020-10-02 14:00:00 +0000">2020-10-02 14:00:00 +0000</abbr> How OpenNews, ONA, and the Maynard Institute came together for Vision25. <a href="/blog/moving-far-beyond-diversity-how-vision25-came-together/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/vision25-building-racial-equity-in-newsrooms/">Vision25&colon; Building racial equity in newsrooms</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2020-10-01 12:30:00 +0000">2020-10-01 12:30:00 +0000</abbr> A collaboration between the Online News Association, the Maynard Institute, and OpenNews. <a href="/blog/vision25-building-racial-equity-in-newsrooms/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/dei-coalition-announcement/">Announcing our DEI Coalition for Anti-Racist, Equitable, and Just Newsrooms</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2020-07-21 12:20:00 +0000">2020-07-21 12:20:00 +0000</abbr> OpenNews is co-creating with the community two digital organizing spaces — hosted on Slack — focused on organizing, collective action, and knowledge sharing in the service of a more equitable journalism industry. <a href="/blog/dei-coalition-announcement/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/srccon-2020-cfp/">SRCCON 2020 will be different, as journalism must change, too</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2020-06-17 14:00:00 +0000">2020-06-17 14:00:00 +0000</abbr> The call for participation is now open. Join us at the fully online SRCCON 2020. <a href="/blog/srccon-2020-cfp/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/srccon-2020-online/">SRCCON 2020 is going online</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2020-04-22 10:00:00 +0000">2020-04-22 10:00:00 +0000</abbr> We're going to reimagine SRCCON and figure out what it needs to be for you at this moment. <a href="/blog/srccon-2020-online/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/opennews-cornavirus-community-care/">Community Care During COVID-19</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2020-03-30 10:00:00 +0000">2020-03-30 10:00:00 +0000</abbr> To our OpenNews family, we're here, and we're here for you. <a href="/blog/opennews-cornavirus-community-care/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/opennews-at-nicar-2020/">Where to find OpenNews at NICAR 2020</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2020-03-02 12:00:00 +0000">2020-03-02 12:00:00 +0000</abbr> We can't wait to get together with the news-nerd community—online and off—this week and throughout the year. <a href="/blog/opennews-at-nicar-2020/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/systems-change-sisi-wei/">What does it mean to create systems-level change?</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2020-02-25 14:45:00 +0000">2020-02-25 14:45:00 +0000</abbr> We're continuing to evolve our work and figure out how to create broader change in the industry with new Director of Programs Sisi Wei. <a href="/blog/systems-change-sisi-wei/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/sisi-wei-joins-opennews/">New Beginnings: Sisi Wei Joins OpenNews</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2020-02-25 14:45:00 +0000">2020-02-25 14:45:00 +0000</abbr> “I can’t think of a better community to tackle journalism’s biggest problems, and to transform journalism collectively and help it keep evolving into the future.” <a href="/blog/sisi-wei-joins-opennews/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/srccon-lead-takeaways/">Bigger ideas & better skills: What we all took home from SRCCON:LEAD</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2019-12-19 08:00:00 +0000">2019-12-19 08:00:00 +0000</abbr> The third in our series of smaller, thematic SRCCONs gave us a chance to reimagine leadership in journalism and share skills to change our newsrooms. <a href="/blog/srccon-lead-takeaways/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/reviewing-peer-data-review/">A Peer Data Review experiment to bridge a support gap, not a skills gap</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2019-12-17 08:00:00 +0000">2019-12-17 08:00:00 +0000</abbr> We organized a monthlong pilot program that matched journalists with peer coaches to help them work through questions on a data story. Twelve projects later, here's what we learned. <a href="/blog/reviewing-peer-data-review/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/lead-launch-sustainer/">A plan for collective support, from SRCCON:LEAD</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2019-11-20 19:00:00 +0000">2019-11-20 19:00:00 +0000</abbr> In closing out two days about how we can collectively work for change, we shared an invitation to join OpenNews as a founding sustainer. <a href="/blog/lead-launch-sustainer/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/srccon-lead/">SRCCON:LEAD: Reshape the ways journalism leadership operates</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2019-10-01 12:00:00 +0000">2019-10-01 12:00:00 +0000</abbr> On November 19 & 20, we'll be back in Philly with 125 community members who want to shape the future of leadership in journalism. <a href="/blog/srccon-lead/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/announcing-data-review/">Peer support for local journalists working on data stories</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2019-09-18 12:00:00 +0000">2019-09-18 12:00:00 +0000</abbr> Journalists on smaller teams have the skills to tell important stories with data, but not always colleagues they can ask for help. We're launching an experimental program to connect them with community members who can offer feedback that gets more of those stories into the world. <a href="/blog/announcing-data-review/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/to-be-in-community/">What it takes to be in community</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2019-09-10 15:00:00 +0000">2019-09-10 15:00:00 +0000</abbr> With ONA this week and the JOC Slack admins receiving the second ONA Community Award, it's a great chance to reflect on how we create community together. <a href="/blog/to-be-in-community/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/announcing-srccon-product/">Announcing SRCCON:PRODUCT, February 2020 in Philadelphia</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2019-09-09 15:00:00 +0000">2019-09-09 15:00:00 +0000</abbr> Next year, we'll gather 150 product thinkers for the first conference by, for, and about product and news. <a href="/blog/announcing-srccon-product/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/fellowship-what-next/">Celebrating and closing the Knight-Mozilla Fellowship</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2019-08-28 12:00:00 +0000">2019-08-28 12:00:00 +0000</abbr> Over the course of five years, 33 incredible fellows joined newsrooms to work in the open on tools and projects to help journalism flourish. We're closing the program today. <a href="/blog/fellowship-what-next/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/hiring-director-programs-more/">More on the Director of Programs position</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2019-08-26 12:00:00 +0000">2019-08-26 12:00:00 +0000</abbr> We've got answers to some of your questions about this new position with OpenNews. <a href="/blog/hiring-director-programs-more/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/srccon-space-experiment/">SRCCON's back and we've got so much to share</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2019-07-10 12:00:00 +0000">2019-07-10 12:00:00 +0000</abbr> From the mix of sessions you know and love to a few new ways to connect, we're taking a look at the program mix for this year's conference. <a href="/blog/srccon-space-experiment/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/hiring-director-programs/">OpenNews is hiring a Director of Programs</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2019-07-09 12:00:00 +0000">2019-07-09 12:00:00 +0000</abbr> OpenNews is looking for someone to join our small, remote team! <a href="/blog/hiring-director-programs/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/srccon-2019-themes/">Themes you can build your SRCCON 2019 experience around</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2019-06-25 12:00:00 +0000">2019-06-25 12:00:00 +0000</abbr> SRCCON feels fresh every year because it’s built on consistent values that help us respond to immediate community needs and priorities. Here are some of the things we’re excited to see at SRCCON 2019. <a href="/blog/srccon-2019-themes/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/srccon-different-leadership/">How we work is different - SRCCON and foregrounding work in journalism, tech, and social change</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2019-06-18 12:00:00 +0000">2019-06-18 12:00:00 +0000</abbr> At SRCCON, we state explicitly the world we want to exist, and the way journalism must operate to make that vision a reality. We need your help to create this space and help spread the word. <a href="/blog/srccon-different-leadership/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/srccon2019-participation-howto/">How to answer the SRCCON call for participation (updated!)</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2019-04-17 08:00:00 +0000">2019-04-17 08:00:00 +0000</abbr> We want to know how you'd like to participate in SRCCON, so we have this walk through of each question on our call for participation form. <a href="/blog/srccon2019-participation-howto/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/srccon-session-values/">SRCCON is where we listen to each other, and that starts with your session proposals</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2019-04-17 08:00:00 +0000">2019-04-17 08:00:00 +0000</abbr> The session proposals we get each year are one of the most important ways we can listen to this community, to hear what it needs and where it's heading. We don't have a list of specific topics that we're looking for, but if you're thinking about proposing a session, here are some formulas for connecting with the SRCCON audience. <a href="/blog/srccon-session-values/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/srccon-2019-launch/">SRCCON 2019: Updates on how we create space together for collaboration and new models of leadership</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2019-04-03 09:00:00 +0000">2019-04-03 09:00:00 +0000</abbr> We're so excited to share SRCCON 2019 with you. Our call for participation is open April 10-24, and here's what to expect from the form and ticket process. <a href="/blog/srccon-2019-launch/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/local-coders-convening/">Convening 'local coders' for training and collaboration</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2019-03-07 09:00:00 +0000">2019-03-07 09:00:00 +0000</abbr> We'll be inviting a dozen local journalists to join us for a new two-day event in Denver this May. Participants will learn new skills through peer training, strengthen relationships with colleagues who they can turn to in future work, and help OpenNews draft a plan to better support news nerds in smaller and regional newsrooms. <a href="/blog/local-coders-convening/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/scholarships-networks/">Network effect: Scholarships can help journalists change whole communities of practice</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2019-02-25 12:00:00 +0000">2019-02-25 12:00:00 +0000</abbr> Our community attends in-person events for a lot of reasons, but a few really stick out: Building relationships that support and sustain us in the work, learning new skills to share with an existing network back home, and opening new doors at critical moments in a career. <a href="/blog/scholarships-networks/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/year-review-2018/">OpenNews in 2018: 'Our field needs you and needs this.'</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2018-12-27 09:00:00 +0000">2018-12-27 09:00:00 +0000</abbr> Looking back on the year and the importance of our work with a <a href="https://opennews.networkforgood.com/">request for your support</a>. <a href="/blog/year-review-2018/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/srccon-power-reflect/">Two days of tough conversations, some stumbles, and a lot of work ahead</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2018-12-19 16:00:00 +0000">2018-12-19 16:00:00 +0000</abbr> We've got so much to share from our two days together in Philadelphia for SRCCON:POWER. <a href="/blog/srccon-power-reflect/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/srccon-power-forward/">Moving our work forward from SRCCON:POWER</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2018-12-12 11:00:00 +0000">2018-12-12 11:00:00 +0000</abbr> We’re gathering for two days this week, and making plans on how to keep the work going after the conference, too. <a href="/blog/srccon-power-forward/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/srccon-childcare/">Why we think childcare is so important at SRCCON events</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2018-11-13 15:00:00 +0000">2018-11-13 15:00:00 +0000</abbr> When you feel good about bringing your family to professional events, it can help you fully participate. <a href="/blog/srccon-childcare/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/srccon-power-why/">SRCCON:POWER - Two days to reconnect and bring transparency to how we work</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2018-11-08 15:00:00 +0000">2018-11-08 15:00:00 +0000</abbr> The response to our call for participation has been overwhelming. We have a lot of work to do together to bring transparency to how power operates in our newsrooms and the way that informs our coverage of communities. <a href="/blog/srccon-power-why/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/announcing-srccon-power/">Announcing SRCCON:POWER, plus OpenNews update</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2018-09-12 15:00:00 +0000">2018-09-12 15:00:00 +0000</abbr> We're heading back to Philly for another two days of talks and hands-on sessions to strengthen our collective work to make journalism more equitable. <a href="/blog/announcing-srccon-power/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/support-opennews/">Support OpenNews and the network strengthening journalism</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2018-07-16 14:00:00 +0000">2018-07-16 14:00:00 +0000</abbr> We're asking for your support for our work and the hundreds of journalists pushing journalism to live up to its promise. <a href="/blog/support-opennews/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/erika-srccon-transition/">Building a future for journalism, together</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2018-06-29 18:00:00 +0000">2018-06-29 18:00:00 +0000</abbr> Incoming OpenNews director Erika Owens closed out our fifth annual SRCCON. <a href="/blog/erika-srccon-transition/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/dan-stepping-away/">Endings and Beginnings: Dan Sinker says goodbye.</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2018-06-26 14:00:00 +0000">2018-06-26 14:00:00 +0000</abbr> Director Dan Sinker reflects on seven years leading OpenNews. <a href="/blog/dan-stepping-away/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/srccon-participation-howto/">How to answer the SRCCON call for participation</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2018-04-06 08:00:00 +0000">2018-04-06 08:00:00 +0000</abbr> We want to know how you'd like to participate in SRCCON, so we're gonna walk you through each question on our call for participation form. <a href="/blog/srccon-participation-howto/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/srccon-five/">Announcing SRCCON 5: Minneapolis, June 28 & 29</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2018-03-27 12:00:00 +0000">2018-03-27 12:00:00 +0000</abbr> For our fifth SRCCON, we’re evolving our approach to the conference. It will still be the highly-participatory, peer-led, human-first conference you’ve come to expect, but we’ll be trying some new things too. <a href="/blog/srccon-five/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/goodbye-erin/">Saying Goodbye to Erin Kissane</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2018-03-13 12:00:00 +0000">2018-03-13 12:00:00 +0000</abbr> After five years of amazing work, we say goodbye to OpenNews' Erin Kissane. <a href="/blog/goodbye-erin/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/NICAR18/">Catch up with OpenNews during NICAR</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2018-03-06 08:00:00 +0000">2018-03-06 08:00:00 +0000</abbr> We're gathering in Chicago for the NICAR conference and a bunch of community activities. <a href="/blog/NICAR18/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/stakeholder-year-review/">Pushing for newsroom culture change - the year with OpenNews</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2017-12-21 17:00:00 +0000">2017-12-21 17:00:00 +0000</abbr> In our fourth stakeholder newsletter, a look back at 2017. <a href="/blog/stakeholder-year-review/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/srccon-work-open/">SRCCON:WORK is for care, community, and collaboration for inclusive journalism</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2017-12-05 12:10:00 +0000">2017-12-05 12:10:00 +0000</abbr> We’re back in Philadelphia to double down on a culture of inclusive journalism. <a href="/blog/srccon-work-open/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/news-nerd-survey-2017/">Findings from the 2017 News Nerd Survey</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2017-12-05 12:05:00 +0000">2017-12-05 12:05:00 +0000</abbr> We’re excited to share the results from a survey of 756 folks who work in journalism technology. Their answers help us understand who are we, how do we learn and support one another, and where do we go next? <a href="/blog/news-nerd-survey-2017/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/salaries-2017-survey/">Here's how newsrooms pay journalists who code, design, and analyze data</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2017-12-05 12:01:00 +0000">2017-12-05 12:01:00 +0000</abbr> The results of OpenNews' second News Nerd Survey confirm many hypotheses on pay equity that technical journalists discuss in backchannels. <a href="/blog/salaries-2017-survey/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/press-release-survey-2017/">Press release for 2017 News Nerd Survey</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2017-12-05 12:00:00 +0000">2017-12-05 12:00:00 +0000</abbr> OpenNews conducts expanded survey of 756 people working at the intersection of journalism and technology. <a href="/blog/press-release-survey-2017/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/stakeholder-five-years-source/">Keeping up with OpenNews and 5 years of Source</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2017-11-20 09:00:00 +0000">2017-11-20 09:00:00 +0000</abbr> In our third stakeholder newsletter, celebrating five years of Source, perspective from Rachel Schallom, and looking ahead to SRCCON:WORK and the news nerd survey. <a href="/blog/stakeholder-five-years-source/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/stakeholder-newsletter-two/">Keeping up with OpenNews and SRCCON:WORK</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2017-10-05 09:00:00 +0000">2017-10-05 09:00:00 +0000</abbr> In our second stakeholder newsletter, details about SRCCON:WORK, perspective from Brittany Mayes, and looking ahead to Source's 5-year anniversary and upcoming events. <a href="/blog/stakeholder-newsletter-two/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/srccon-work-tickets/">SRCCON:WORK, space to care for and challenge one another</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2017-10-04 09:00:00 +0000">2017-10-04 09:00:00 +0000</abbr> As we prepare for SRCCON:WORK, we want to share the confirmed sessions so far and details about the ticket process. <a href="/blog/srccon-work-tickets/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/srccon-work-cfp/">Lead a session on collaboration, career growth, and care at SRCCON:WORK</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2017-09-06 14:00:00 +0000">2017-09-06 14:00:00 +0000</abbr> Our December conference will focus on three ways to strengthen newsrooms. Your ideas will help us build a program for the full community. <a href="/blog/srccon-work-cfp/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/august-stakeholder-newsletter/">August 2017 Stakeholder Newsletter</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2017-08-31 08:00:00 +0000">2017-08-31 08:00:00 +0000</abbr> A look at SRCCON 2017, the second News Nerd Survey, and what we’ve got coming up for the rest of 2017. <a href="/blog/august-stakeholder-newsletter/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/news-nerd-survey-2/">Serving the needs of the journalism tech community</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2017-08-22 08:00:00 +0000">2017-08-22 08:00:00 +0000</abbr> Our annual survey of the journalism tech community is back, with the support of Google News Lab, and we can't wait to see your responses. <a href="/blog/news-nerd-survey-2/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/srccon-work/">Announcing SRCCON:WORK, a new event coming in late 2017</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2017-08-02 14:00:00 +0000">2017-08-02 14:00:00 +0000</abbr> If we’re going to transform newsroom code and culture, we need to invest in the people who do the work. <a href="/blog/srccon-work/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/srccon-2017-care/">SRCCON 2017 creates space to care for each other</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2017-08-02 14:00:00 +0000">2017-08-02 14:00:00 +0000</abbr> We're back in Minneapolis for two days of amazing collaborative sessions, and a lot of supporting one another. <a href="/blog/srccon-2017-care/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/welcoming_cordelia/">Welcoming B Cordelia Yu</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2017-07-24 16:00:00 +0000">2017-07-24 16:00:00 +0000</abbr> We're thrilled to welcome B Cordelia Yu as our new program and communications coordinator. <a href="/blog/welcoming_cordelia/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/temp-position/">OpenNews is hiring some temporary help</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2017-06-20 12:00:00 +0000">2017-06-20 12:00:00 +0000</abbr> OpenNews is hiring a part-time program and communications coordinator on an hourly, temporary basis through the end of 2017. <a href="/blog/temp-position/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/scholarships-purpose/">Breaking down isolation and bringing journalists together</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2017-06-12 12:00:00 +0000">2017-06-12 12:00:00 +0000</abbr> Our Ticket+Travel scholarship application is open again and we wanted to tell you more about why and how we created this program. <a href="/blog/scholarships-purpose/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/srccon-scholarships-update/">Updating SRCCON scholarships for more participants</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2017-05-05 12:00:00 +0000">2017-05-05 12:00:00 +0000</abbr> This year we've expanded our scholarship offerings and made it easier to apply. <a href="/blog/srccon-scholarships-update/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/srccon-proposal-guide/">Our SRCCON proposals guide is here to help</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2017-04-03 08:00:00 +0000">2017-04-03 08:00:00 +0000</abbr> We want you to pitch your ideas for SRCCON—timely, technical, thoughtful, difficult, even weird—and we want you to feel confident when you do. That's easier when you feel supported and have access to feedback, so we're making our review process more transparent. <a href="/blog/srccon-proposal-guide/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/how-to-srccon-proposal/">How to pitch a SRCCON session</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2017-03-29 08:00:00 +0000">2017-03-29 08:00:00 +0000</abbr> Here we walk through each question one-by-one to answer any of your questions about how to craft your proposal. <a href="/blog/how-to-srccon-proposal/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/evolving-convening-model/">Evolving our model for small events: a dozen people, two days, and a purpose</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2017-03-03 08:00:00 +0000">2017-03-03 08:00:00 +0000</abbr> Code convenings have helped newsroom developers revise and release more than 30 open-source tools. Now we're taking what we've learned, and developing events to build documentation, skills, and community connections. <a href="/blog/evolving-convening-model/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/news-nerd-survey/">Who are the news nerds?</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2017-03-02 14:00:00 +0000">2017-03-02 14:00:00 +0000</abbr> Over 500 of you responded to our survey about the journalism-tech community. Here are the results of the inaugural news nerd survey. <a href="/blog/news-nerd-survey/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/NICAR/">Where you'll see OpenNews at NICAR 2017</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2017-03-02 08:00:00 +0000">2017-03-02 08:00:00 +0000</abbr> We're excited to be back at NICAR, and we're bringing a bunch of announcements and projects to share. <a href="/blog/NICAR/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/srccon-lottery/">The SRCCON ticket lottery, and what we learned</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2017-02-28 11:21:00 +0000">2017-02-28 11:21:00 +0000</abbr> Open ticket sales turned into too-quick sellouts for our first two conferences, so we switched to a lottery system for SRCCON 2016. Here's how it worked. <a href="/blog/srccon-lottery/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/new-source/">Hello Again. New Source for You.</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2017-02-09 12:00:00 +0000">2017-02-09 12:00:00 +0000</abbr> Along with our other announcements today Source launched with a new look, new setup, and new features. <a href="/blog/new-source/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/new-opennews/">OpenNews Ascent Stage Initiated</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2017-02-09 09:00:00 +0000">2017-02-09 09:00:00 +0000</abbr> OpenNews lifts off in 2017 with a slew of important project announcements. A new home, a renewed focus, and a bunch of newly launched things. Holy cow, this is big. <a href="/blog/new-opennews/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/srccon2017/">SRCCON is coming back to Minneapolis</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2017-02-09 08:55:00 +0000">2017-02-09 08:55:00 +0000</abbr> SRCCON will be back in 2017. We'll be returning to beautiful Minneapolis, Minnesota August 3 and 4. <a href="/blog/srccon2017/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/srccon-thursday/">Thursday Nights at SRCCON</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2016-10-07 11:00:00 +0000">2016-10-07 11:00:00 +0000</abbr> Our evening program at SRCCON is designed to offer the "life" part of the work/life balance. We've iterated on it every year--here's how we did it this year. <a href="/blog/srccon-thursday/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/srccon-scholarship-process-admin/">How We Planned & Ran the SRCCON Travel Scholarships</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2016-10-06 10:00:00 +0000">2016-10-06 10:00:00 +0000</abbr> One part of how we make SRCCON accessible is through travel scholarships. This is how we administer the program. <a href="/blog/srccon-scholarship-process-admin/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/srccon-facilitator-recs-two/">How We Facilitated a Huge, Participatory, Highly Charged SRCCON Session, a Guest Post from Alyson Hurt</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2016-07-12 10:00:00 +0000">2016-07-12 10:00:00 +0000</abbr> As the SRCCON organizers reminded us, our job was to *facilitate* a session, and our topic in particular felt like it was meant to be a conversation (rather than, say, a skill-share or lesson). We had some thoughts and past experience to share, but we by no means considered ourselves experts. In a group setting, we could all learn from *each other* about ways—as individuals, as managers, as teams, as organizations—folks are dealing with burnout and job satisfaction now, and maybe devise new strategies to try in the future. <a href="/blog/srccon-facilitator-recs-two/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/srccon-facilitator-recs-one/">3 Ways to Facilitate a Great Conference Session, a Guest Post from Sisi Wei</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2016-07-05 12:00:00 +0000">2016-07-05 12:00:00 +0000</abbr> If you've never presented at a conference with facilitators instead of speakers before, you're in for a treat. Facilitation is a much more interactive way of running sessions at conferences, and when done well, both the facilitator and the attendees walk away feeling inspired, motivated, and like they've learned a lot from everyone in the room. <a href="/blog/srccon-facilitator-recs-one/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/ticket-travel-scholarship/">The Importance of Presence - Announcing a New Way to Connect</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2016-05-26 12:00:00 +0000">2016-05-26 12:00:00 +0000</abbr> We want to help you get to events that will enrich your work in the journalism code community. Today we announce a Ticket and Travel scholarship program. <a href="/blog/ticket-travel-scholarship/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/srccon-tix/">Gone in 60 Seconds--SRCCON Ticketing Changes</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2016-05-05 12:00:00 +0000">2016-05-05 12:00:00 +0000</abbr> Ticket sales for SRCCON are coming soon and we're making some changes to how we sell them this year. <a href="/blog/srccon-tix/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/why-pitch-srccon/">Why You Should Pitch a SRCCON Session (Today)</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2016-04-18 14:00:00 +0000">2016-04-18 14:00:00 +0000</abbr> Every year, the SRCCON proposal deadline comes up faster than seems possible, but it's not yet too late—in fact, this is the perfect time to submit your pitch. <a href="/blog/why-pitch-srccon/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/five-years-of-fellows/">Tools, Bridges, and Five Years of Knight-Mozilla Fellows</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2015-11-05 14:05:00 +0000">2015-11-05 14:05:00 +0000</abbr> Today's announcement of our 2016 Knight-Mozilla Fellows adds a fifth cohort to our fellowship community. <a href="/blog/five-years-of-fellows/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/introducing-2016-fellows/">Introducing our 2016 Knight-Mozilla Fellows</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2015-11-05 14:00:00 +0000">2015-11-05 14:00:00 +0000</abbr> Today we get to announce our fifth cohort of fellows, and tell a little about how we found them. <a href="/blog/introducing-2016-fellows/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/fellowships-final-week-itsover/">The (remarkably consistent) Data-Driven Decisions of the Final Day of Fellowship Applications</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2015-08-21 09:26:00 +0000">2015-08-21 09:26:00 +0000</abbr> Today is the final day to apply to become a 2016 Knight-Mozilla Fellow. After more than two months, these last few hours are all that's left. We crunch the numbers to see what previous last days have looked like and to let you know that you're not alone in waiting to today. <a href="/blog/fellowships-final-week-itsover/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/fellowships-final-week-four/">Beyond the Fellowship Year</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2015-08-20 10:45:00 +0000">2015-08-20 10:45:00 +0000</abbr> Tomorrow, August 21, at 11:59:59, the application for a 2016 Knight-Mozilla Fellow closes. But if you become a Knight-Mozilla Fellow, your experience will last much longer than the 10 months. Today, Erin Kissane looks into life _after_ the fellowship. <a href="/blog/fellowships-final-week-four/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/fellowships-final-week-three/">How to Think About Projects During Your Fellowship</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2015-08-19 11:45:00 +0000">2015-08-19 11:45:00 +0000</abbr> The deadline to apply to the Knight-Mozilla Fellowship is just two days away. As a Knight-Mozilla Fellow, you'll spend 10 months writing open-source code in the newsroom. But what do you build, do you need to have a plan *right now*, and how do you approach coding over your 10 months? Ryan Pitts digs in. <a href="/blog/fellowships-final-week-three/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/fellowships-final-week-two/">How to Apply to Be a Knight-Mozilla Fellow</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2015-08-18 14:04:00 +0000">2015-08-18 14:04:00 +0000</abbr> The deadline to apply to the Knight-Mozilla Fellowship is just a few days away on August 21. If you're considering applying, but you're not sure about how to apply, this post will help you fill out the application. <a href="/blog/fellowships-final-week-two/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/fellowships-final-week-one/">Follow Your Passions and Build Your Fellowship Year</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2015-08-17 16:04:00 +0000">2015-08-17 16:04:00 +0000</abbr> The final week to apply to become a 2014 Knight-Mozilla Fellow is here. Today we look at how flexible your fellowship year can be, and why YOU should apply to join the program. <a href="/blog/fellowships-final-week-one/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/fellowships-news-partners/">Our 2016 Knight-Mozilla Fellowship Partners Make Their Case</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2015-08-14 16:30:00 +0000">2015-08-14 16:30:00 +0000</abbr> One week remains to apply for a 2016 Knight-Mozilla Fellowship, and our fellowship partners want YOU and your amazing skills in their newsrooms. Each newsroom that will host a fellow next year made a pitch this week, and here's why they think you should apply. <a href="/blog/fellowships-news-partners/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/srccon-sessions/">How We Planned SRCCON's Sessions</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2015-08-11 15:30:00 +0000">2015-08-11 15:30:00 +0000</abbr> With just two weeks remaining to apply to become a 2016 Knight-Mozilla Fellow, all of our current fellows write about why they chose to apply and what their fellowship year has been like. Read about their experiences and then apply to join next year's cohort! <a href="/blog/srccon-sessions/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/fellowships-fellows-week-two/">The Many Reasons to Become A Knight-Mozilla Fellow</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2015-08-07 15:30:00 +0000">2015-08-07 15:30:00 +0000</abbr> With just two weeks remaining to apply to become a 2016 Knight-Mozilla Fellow, all of our current fellows write about why they chose to apply and what their fellowship year has been like. Read about their experiences and then apply to join next year's cohort! <a href="/blog/fellowships-fellows-week-two/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/fellowships-fellows-reflect/">What It Is Really Like to Be a Fellow</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2015-07-31 16:30:00 +0000">2015-07-31 16:30:00 +0000</abbr> Twenty six people have had the chance to become Knight-Mozilla Fellows. This week and next, they are sharing their experiences. And, until August 26, you have a chance to <a href="https://opennews.org/what/fellowships/apply">apply to join them</a>. <a href="/blog/fellowships-fellows-reflect/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/fellowships-open-web/">Fellowships, Journalism, and the Open Web</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2015-07-28 11:30:00 +0000">2015-07-28 11:30:00 +0000</abbr> When we talk about the Knight-Mozilla Fellowships, and the work we do at OpenNews, we often talk about the influence the values of the open web have on journalism. As we gear up for the final push to find our 2016 fellows (deadline August 21!), we wanted to dive a little further into what we're talking about. <a href="/blog/fellowships-open-web/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/fellowships-month-out/">One Month Left to Apply</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2015-07-21 16:00:00 +0000">2015-07-21 16:00:00 +0000</abbr> You have one month left to apply for the 2016 Knight-Mozilla Fellowship. If you still have questions, we have lots of information coming your way. <a href="/blog/fellowships-month-out/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/fellowship2016/">Apply Today to Become a 2016 Knight-Mozilla Fellow!</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2015-06-10 08:00:00 +0000">2015-06-10 08:00:00 +0000</abbr> Our search for our 2016 Knight-Mozilla Fellows starts today. And you (yes you!) should apply now. Here's why. <a href="/blog/fellowship2016/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/code-convening-portland/">Meet the projects coming to Code Convening: Write The Docs</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2015-05-16 12:30:00 +0000">2015-05-16 12:30:00 +0000</abbr> Meet the seven projects we're bringing to our code convening at Write The Docs 2015. <a href="/blog/code-convening-portland/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/srccon-tickets/">SRCCON Ticketing—What We Did and Why</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2015-05-12 12:30:00 +0000">2015-05-12 12:30:00 +0000</abbr> This year, as we prepare for SRCCON 2015, we're making an effort to document our work in public as we go. This post on our ticketing process will be followed shortly by one on session selection, with more to come between now and the end of June. <a href="/blog/srccon-tickets/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/coral-andrew/">The Coral Project is Go Go Go Go Go</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2015-04-28 12:30:00 +0000">2015-04-28 12:30:00 +0000</abbr> Exciting things are happening at <a href="https://twitter.com/coralproject">The Coral Project</a> and we thought you should know about them. <a href="/blog/coral-andrew/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/srcconqs/">Five Reasons You Shouldn't Come to SRCCON (and Why They're All Wrong)</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2015-04-22 12:00:00 +0000">2015-04-22 12:00:00 +0000</abbr> Tickets to <a href="http://srccon.org/">SRCCON, the OpenNews conference</a>, go on sale Wednesday, April 29 at 2pm EDT. But maybe you're still on the fence about SRCCON, or are worried that you won't quite fit in. If so, worry no longer—instead, check out our five top reasons why you shouldn't come to SRCCON (and why they're all wrong). <a href="/blog/srcconqs/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/code-convening-wtd/">Code Convening: Write The Docs. Come open your code with us!</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2015-04-20 14:00:00 +0000">2015-04-20 14:00:00 +0000</abbr> We'll be taking a cohort of news developers and journalists to the Write The Docs conference, May 17-19 in Portland, to write and revise documentation, release the latest version of their open-source projects, and talk journalism with the technical documentation community. <a href="/blog/code-convening-wtd/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/srccon-top5/">Five Things We've Learned About Sessions</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2015-04-08 18:00:00 +0000">2015-04-08 18:00:00 +0000</abbr> As we near the deadline for SRCCON session proposals (April 10, <a href="http://srccon.org/sessions">pitch now</a>) we wanted to share with you some of what we've learned about sessions so far. Thank you to everyone who shared feedback about last year's conference and helped inform <a href="http://opennews.org/blog/srccon-human-stuff">how we're thinking about things</a> this year. <a href="/blog/srccon-top5/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/srccon-session-planning/">How to plan a great SRCCON session</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2015-04-07 18:00:00 +0000">2015-04-07 18:00:00 +0000</abbr> SRCCON sessions are interactive and collaborative, and if you've never led one, it can be hard to know what to expect. Here are some strategies to help you lead a discussion or skillshare that gets everyone involved and leaves everyone energized. <a href="/blog/srccon-session-planning/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/srccon-transcription/">Captioning a Multi-Track Conference - How SRCCON Did It</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2015-04-02 18:00:00 +0000">2015-04-02 18:00:00 +0000</abbr> One of the nerdiest elements of our first SRCCON didn't end up involving code or jokey references. As we were prepping for SRCCON last year, I caught a blog post related to !!Con, <a href="http://composition.al/blog/2014/05/31/your-next-conference-should-have-real-time-captioning/">Your next conference should have real-time captioning</a>. I had never heard of event captioning before. I found the blog post convincing, but we were less than two months away from SRCCON, could we pull off something like this? <a href="/blog/srccon-transcription/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/fellowship-2016-partner/">Hosting a Knight-Mozilla Fellow in 2016</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2015-04-01 16:15:00 +0000">2015-04-01 16:15:00 +0000</abbr> Next year will be the fifth year of the Knight-Mozilla Fellowship program and we're looking for our next group of fellowship partners. If your news organization is interested in hosting a fellow next year, <a href="http://opennews.org/what/fellowships/partnerguidelines/#form">fill out this form</a> by April 24. <a href="/blog/fellowship-2016-partner/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/srccon-human-stuff/">Making SRCCON Good for Humans</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2015-04-01 09:00:00 +0000">2015-04-01 09:00:00 +0000</abbr> We wanted the attendees of SRCCON to be able to focus on the conference itself—sessions, activities, and other official stuff, but also the conversations in hallways and corners that are usually a highlight of gatherings of enthusiastic colleagues. To make that possible, we tried to arrange the SRCCON schedule, space, and life-support systems to be as accommodating and supportive as possible. <a href="/blog/srccon-human-stuff/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/welcome/">Welcoming Lindsay Muscato</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2015-03-26 15:00:00 +0000">2015-03-26 15:00:00 +0000</abbr> After an involved selection process, we are very happy to introduce <a href="http://lindsaymuscato.com">Lindsay Muscato</a>, Source's new assistant editor, who will be working with us on an upcoming site restructure and leading much of the day-to-day editorial work of keeping Source connected to the news code community. <a href="/blog/welcome/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/srccon-proposals/">SRCCON Needs You</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2015-03-25 12:00:00 +0000">2015-03-25 12:00:00 +0000</abbr> <a href="http://srccon.org">SRCCON is back in 2015</a> for another two days of building better newsroom code, culture, and process, this time in beautiful Minneapolis. And now it's time for you to <a href="http://srccon.org/sessions/">propose a session</a>. <a href="/blog/srccon-proposals/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/nicar/">OpenNews at NICAR</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2015-03-04 07:00:00 +0000">2015-03-04 07:00:00 +0000</abbr> We're going to be at NICAR in force this year, and we want to see you there. <a href="/blog/nicar/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/srccon-launch/">SRCCON 2015 coming to Minneapolis</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2015-02-20 12:00:00 +0000">2015-02-20 12:00:00 +0000</abbr> We're excited to announce SRCCON 2015, which will take place in Minneapolis, Minnesota on June 25 and 26. We can't wait to spend another two days building better newsroom code, culture, and process—together. <a href="/blog/srccon-launch/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/fellowship-onboarding-ccdc/">Fellows Hack with the California Civic Data Coalition</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2015-01-26 12:00:00 +0000">2015-01-26 12:00:00 +0000</abbr> During the onboarding week with our new 2015 Knight-Mozilla fellows, we spent a couple days working with the California Civic Data Coalition on an open-source news app. Here's what our goals were, and here's what we learned. <a href="/blog/fellowship-onboarding-ccdc/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/source-hiring/">Source is Hiring</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2015-01-23 07:00:00 +0000">2015-01-23 07:00:00 +0000</abbr> OpenNews is hiring a part-time assistant editor on a contract basis for Source, our journalism-code community website—and you should totally apply. <a href="/blog/source-hiring/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/new-site/">New Year, New Site</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2015-01-16 10:00:00 +0000">2015-01-16 10:00:00 +0000</abbr> While our 2015 Knight-Mozilla fellows have been in Los Angeles, getting to know each other and the world of newsroom code, we’ve given OpenNews.org a haircut and re-org to reflect the work we’re actually doing. <a href="/blog/new-site/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/introducing-kavya/">2015 Fellowship Onboarding is GO</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2015-01-12 09:00:00 +0000">2015-01-12 09:00:00 +0000</abbr> The OpenNews team brings our 2015 Knight-Mozilla Fellows to Los Angeles to start the work of their fellowship years. We also welcome Kavya Sukumar as our seventh 2015 fellow, who will spend her fellowship year working with Vox Media. Yay fellows! Yay Los Angeles! <a href="/blog/introducing-kavya/">read more</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/announcing-2015-fellows/">Announcing our 2015 Knight-Mozilla Fellows!</a>| posted <abbr class="timeago" title="2014-10-22 09:00:00 +0000">2014-10-22 09:00:00 +0000</abbr> Live from the 2014 Mozilla Festival in London, we're thrilled to introduce our 2015 Knight-Mozilla Fellows. The work that the Knight-Mozilla Fellows do during their fellowship year doesn't fit easily into a single sentence. Over the year a fellow will play the role of coder, teacher, mentor (and mentee), adventurer, colleague, and friend. They'll push themselves, and journalism, in new directions. They'll do work that has real impact--on themselves and on the web. It's a tall order, but a thrilling one, and the people we have lined up to do the work of a Knight-Mozilla Fellow in 2015 are among our very best yet. I can't wait for you to meet them. <a href="/blog/announcing-2015-fellows/">read more</a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="sidebox"> <div id="colleft"> <a class="sidebar-button" href="https://opennews.networkforgood.com/">Become a Sustainer</a> <div id="sidenav">  <div id="navlist"> <h3 class="nav"><a href="/what/community">What we do</a></h3> <ul> <li id=""><a href="/what/conferences">SRCCON Events</a> <li id="source"><a href="https://source.opennews.org/">Source</a> <li id="calls"><a href="/what/community/calls">Community Calls</a> <li id="scholarships"><a href="/what/community/scholarships">Scholarships+</a> <li id="survey"><a href="/what/community/survey">News Nerd Survey</a> <li id="dei-coalition"><a href="/what/community/dei-coalition">DEI Coalition for Anti-Racist, Equitable, and Just Newsrooms</a> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div id="colright"> <div id="newsbox"> <h3>The latest from the OpenNews team</h3> <li><a href="/blog/erika-farewell/">Update on leadership of OpenNews</a></li> <li><a href="/blog/looking-back-2023/">Looking back at 2023&colon; We spent this year creating opportunity</a></li> <li><a href="/blog/srccon-2023-looking-ahead/">How we connected at SRCCON 2023, and what we're carrying into next year</a></li> <li><a href="/blog/giving-at-srccon-2023/">How we can give to each other as a community at SRCCON 2023</a></li> <li><a href="/blog/open-letter-press-forward/">Open letter urging Press Forward to ensure equitable distribution of resources to underrepresented voices in local news</a></li> Read all our news in our <a class="feed_url" href="/blog">OpenNews blog</a> </div> </div> </div> </article> <footer> <section class="external"> <div class="busta"> <h2 class="logo-holder"><a href="/"><img class="logo" alt="OpenNews" src="/media/img/open-news-2017.png" /></a></h2> <div class="col col-left box"> We help people strengthen relationships across organizations and build a more equitable future for journalism. 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